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The White House said Thursday that it expects all NATO members to be spending at least two per cent of their GDP on defence by the alliance’s next summit — four months from now. The demand further ramps up pressure on allies like Canada — which has long missed the spending target and doesn’t plan to meet it for another seven years — from U.S. President Donald Trump, who is pushing for drastic defence spending increases and reducing reliance on U.S. security.“The fact that we are going to enter into a NATO summit this June with a third of our NATO allies not meeting the two per cent minimum — a commitment they made a decade ago … that’s unacceptable,” Trump’s national security advisor Mike Waltz said at a press conference at the White House.“President Trump’s made that clear. The minimum ne...

By The Staff The Canadian Press Posted February 20, 2025 2:37 pm Updated February 20, 2025 2:40 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Prince Edward Island Premier Dennis King says he will resign as premier and leader of the Progressive Conservative party effective Friday at noon. King, 53, told reporters today that his decision is in the best interest of his family, the government and the people of P.E.I., adding that he is in good health. Get dai...

Canada is listing seven transnational criminal organizations, including multiple drug cartels, as terrorist entities under the Criminal Code, the public safety minister announced on Thursday. The move was one of the measures the government vowed when U.S. President Donald Trump agreed to a 30-day reprieve from the imposition of sweeping tariffs earlier this month, along with last week’s appointment of a fentanyl czar.Under the designation, law enforcement such as RCMP and local police will have more authority and powers to “follow the money and to look and see how criminal cartels are using sophisticated laundering tactics.”“To rid Canada of this scourge, our government will ensure law enforcement has every tool available to dismantle and disrupt the operations of these organizations in ou...

U.S. President Donald Trump has branded himself as royalty. On Wednesday, Trump was celebrating his administration’s order to halt the congestion pricing tolls in New York City, which lessen traffic and fund mass transit by making people pay to drive into Manhattan’s core.Trump likened himself to a king in a post on his social media platform, Truth Social, celebrating the move to terminate federal approval of the congestion pricing program.“CONGESTION PRICING IS DEAD. Manhattan, and all of New York, is SAVED,” Trump wrote, adding, “LONG LIVE THE KING!” A screenshot of U.S. President Donald Trump’s Truth Social post. @RealDonaldTrump / Truth Social The official White House social media account on X shared Trump’s quot...

By The Staff The Canadian Press Posted February 20, 2025 8:41 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size The list of potential American tariffs that could affect Canada grew Wednesday night when U.S. President Donald Trump dropped the idea of a 25 per cent levy on lumber and forest products. Speaking to the media onboard Air Force One, Trump said his administration was eyeing some time around April for the latest announced duty.Earlier this month, Trump paused until March 4 his initially planned 25 per cent tariffs on all Canadian goods and a lower 10-per-cent levy on imports of Canadian energy. ...